Gate.



PATENTED OCT. 13, 1903.

W. A. PEEPLBS.

GATE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 24. 1902.

H0 MODEL,

m: Monme versus cc PnoTagn-m" WASHYNGTDN. 0 cv UNITED STATES" iatentedOctober 13, 1903,

PATENT ()FFICE.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,539, dated October13, 1903.

' Application filed J'uly.24=,1902. Serial No- 116,851- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM ADDISON PEE- PLES, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Stewart, in the county of Montgomery and State ofMississippi, have invented a new and useful Gate, of which the followingis a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in gates.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofgates, more especially the means for operating the same, and to providea simple, inexpensive, and efiicient device adapted to be readilyapplied to a swinging gate and capable of enabling the same to bereadily opened at a distance from either side of it without dismountingfrom a horse or leavinga buggy.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a gate constructed inaccordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the operatingmechanism.

. Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in bothfigures of the drawings. V

1 designates a swinging gate hinged at its top in any desired manner andprovided at its bottom with a forked or bifurcated bolt 2, engaging aslotted plate 3 and constructed in accordance with Patent No. 322,316,granted to me July 14, 1885, and adapted when the gate is opened toswing the lower portion upward, whereby the gate is caused to closeantomatically when it is free to move; but any other form of hinge maybe employed, if desired. I

The gate is provided with a spring-actuated latch 4, adapted to engage'alatch-post Y 5 when the gate is closed, and the said latch is connectedwith'operating-ropes 6, extending rearward from the latch toguide-pulleys 7 of a horizontal supporting-bar 8. The opcrating-ropes 6or other flexible connections diverge rearwardly from the front portionof the gate, and they extend inward from the guide-pulleys and across atthe back of the gate, whereby when one of the operating ropes or cablesis pulled the gate will be swung away from theoperator in opening toprevent it from coming in contact with a horse. The horizontalsupporting-bar is centrally recessed to form a seat to receive thehinge-post 9, audit is provided with slots 10 to receive theguide-pulleys and the flexible connections. The horizontalsupporting-bar is provided at its ends with rearwardly-ex tending guides10*, and it has forwardly-extending keepers 11, adapted to receive thelatch of the gate when the latter is open, whereby it is retained insuch position. The ends of the flexible connections extend through theguides 10* and are provided with suitable grips 12, forming stops toprevent the ropes or cables from leaving the guides. The grips orhandles 12 also hold the ends of the ropes or cables in convenientposition to enable them to be readily grasped by a person on horsebackor in a vehicle. The gate 'is adapted to be opened by pulling one of theropes or cables, and after passing through the gateway the other ropeor'cable is pulled to release the gate for permitting the latter toclose. 7

. It will be seen that thegate-operating mech anism is exceedinglysimple and inexpensive in construction, that it is adapted to be readilyapplied to a swinging gate, and that it is capable of enabling the sameto be readily operat'ed'at a distance from either side of it.

' What I claim is- A gate-operating attachment comprising a horizontalsupporting-bar adapted to be centrally secured to the hinge-post of thegate and provided intermediate of its center and each end with atransverse opening, a guidepulley mounted in each of said openings, endguides associated one with each end of the bar, supplemental keepersattached one to each end of the bar, and operating-ropes passed aroundthe respective guide-pulleys and extended to opposite ends of the barand through the end guides andprovided with handpieces, said ropes beingcrossed at the back of the bar and extended in opposite dimy own I havehereto affixecl my signature in rections along the rear face of thesame, each the presence of two witnesses.

in contact with both pulleys, whereby each 1 pulley serves as a mainguide for its rope and WILLIAM ADDISON 1 EEPLEb' 5 as a supplementalintermediate guide for the Witnesses: opposite rope. FRED. I'IOSKINS,

J. O. INGE.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as

